credentials · Supported

Maintainers

• M Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
• R Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>

Paths

• F include/linux/cred.h
• F kernel/cred.c
• F rust/kernel/cred.rs
• F Documentation/security/credentials.rst

Last 30 days

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  5 attestations (3 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-28
• Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (3 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-28
• Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Igor Korotin <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-26

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-mm (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COLD15d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v19 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-26 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD17d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v18 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-25 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v17 06/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD47d Re: [PATCH RFC v3 4/4] exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  2026-05-21 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD47d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH RFC v3 4/4] exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  2026-05-20 · "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD53d [PATCH RFC v2 5/5] cred: switch dumpability lowering to task_exec_state
  2026-05-20 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD53d [PATCH RFC v2 4/5] exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  2026-05-20 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE132d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE139d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-20 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE156d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v14 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE229d [RFC][PATCH] exec: Move cred computation under exec_update_lock
  2025-11-20 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH v18] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-11-18 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE160d [PATCH v13 2/4] rust: `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-11-17 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• STALE255d [PATCH v12 2/4] `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-10-01 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• STALE297d LANDED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 2/4] copy_process: pass clone_flags as u64 across calltree
  2025-09-01 · Simon Schuster via B4 Relay <devnull+schuster.simon.siemens-energy.com@kernel.org>
• STALE206d [PATCH v17] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-08-21 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH v16] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-08-18 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE227d [RFC PATCH v2 6/8] cred: Protect live struct cred with kpkeys
  2025-08-15 · Kevin Brodsky <hidden>
• STALE353d [PATCH v5 3/3] treewide: Switch from tsk->comm to tsk->comm_str which is 64 bytes long
  2025-07-16 · Bhupesh <hidden>
• STALE517d [RFC PATCH 6/8] cred: Protect live struct cred with kpkeys
  2025-02-03 · Kevin Brodsky <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH v14] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2024-01-15 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH v12] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2023-10-30 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE1490d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-06-08 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE1507d [PATCH v2] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-05-25 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE1511d [PATCH] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-05-20 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 1/4] ucounts: In set_cred_ucounts assume new->ucounts is non-NULL
  2021-10-18 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• COLD47d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH RFC v3 4/4] exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  2026-05-20 · "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD15d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• COLD47d Re: [PATCH RFC v3 4/4] exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  2026-05-21 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>